Month: April 2017

As has been explored throughout the Holistic Law Blog for several years, holistic law practice springs from the premise that legal “problems” frequently provide opportunities for transformational growth. Most of us value stability and security to the point at which we will resist change unless and until pain – be it psychological or physiological – reaches a certain threshold. Until we reach that threshold, we may tolerate myriad life situations that fall far short or providing inner peace and happiness, instead opting to perpetuate the familiar.

Then we experience some type of loss, threat to the familiar, or an experience at odds with how we have come to think life “should” or “should not” be. Such experiences can precipitate fear about the unfolding of future events, and upset to our routines, level of financial security, etc. This fear may even bring about physiological changes, release of stress hormones, etc., that most of us would interpret as “unpleasant.”

These challenges, however, are compounded when we judge the event or series of events as “bad.” Construing events in such a way may then fuel a belief that people, or life in general, is/are “unfair.” In reality, however, these events often provide impetus for transformational change that can significantly deepen one’s happiness and inner peace.

When we label these situations as “bad,” we are essentially freezing life in time. The fact is that life will continue to unfold. The key is how we respond to these particular conditions or circumstances. Our responses will largely dictate how we look back on these situations in a month, year, five years, etc. If we latch on to our original temporal assessment that a situation is “bad,” we may also slip into a mindset of helplessness that may choke off any adaptive response to the situation.

Holistic law practice works to help clients deal with legal situations in less reactive and judgmental ways, opening the potential for more adaptive response. Holistic law counseling helps clients move beyond these conditioned reactions that can lead to feelings of helplessness, and toward far wider possibilities for embracing optimal solutions for all involved in a given conflict.